Scaling up Best Practices and Improved Rice Seed Sector
Regional Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya on 4-6 Feb 2014
Scaling up Best Practices and Improved Rice Seed Sector Concept Note: (English / French)
Objectives
The regional workshop will be organized to share the progress made in; i) analytical work under the IFAD funded project for scaling successful models of intervention in CARD countries, and ii) Development of “Seed Road Map” in the CARD Pilot Initiative for Improved Rice Seed Sector.
Day 1: Tuesday 4th February 2014 (Presentations of Best Practices in Rice Sector)
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Time |
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Presentation |
| 08:30 – 09:00 | Registration | |
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09:00 – 09:15 |
Opening Remarks
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09:15 – 09:25 |
Overall Introduction of Regional Workshop |
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09:25 – 09:35 |
Introduction on Scaling up Best Practices in Rice Sector |
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09:35 – 09:45 |
Concepts and Issues of Scaling Up and its link to SSTC |
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09:45 – 10:35 |
Presentation on Best Practices in NRDS Integration into Overarching National Strategy
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Country Delegates |
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10:35 – 10:55 |
Coffee break |
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| 10:55 – 12:20 |
Presentation on Best Practices in NRDS Integration (on-going) into overarching national strategy
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Country Delegate |
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12:20 – 13:20 |
Lunch |
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13:20 – 15:20 |
Presentation of Scalability Assessment on Best Practices in Rice Value Chain
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CARD Secretariat |
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15:20 – 15:40 |
Coffee break |
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15:40 – 16:10 |
Comments on Scalability Assessment on Best Practices in Rice Value Chain (30 min) |
CARD Secretariat |
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16:10 – 16:30 |
General Wrap Up and Next Steps |
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16:30 |
Closure of Day 1 |
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| 18:00 – | Welcome Dinner |
Day 2: Wednesday 5th February 2014 (Peer Review of CARD Pilot Initiative on Seed)
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Time |
Event |
Presentation |
| 08:45 – 09:00 | Registration | |
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09:00 – 09:10 |
Introduction on the CARD Pilot Initiative for Improved Rice Seed Sector |
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09:10 – 10:30 |
Presentation of Draft Seed Road Map by CARD Countries
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Country delegates |
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10:30 – 10:50 |
Coffee break |
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10:50 – 12:10 |
Presentation of Draft Seed Road Map by CARD Countries (Continued)
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Country delegates
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12:10 – 13:20 |
Lunch |
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13:20 – 14:40 |
Presentation of Draft Seed Road Map by CARD Countries (Continued)
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Country delegates
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14:40 – 15:00 |
Coffee break | |
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15:00 – 16:20 |
Presentation of Draft Seed Road Map by CARD Countries (Continued)
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Country delegates |
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16:20 |
Closure of Day 2 |
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Day 3: Thursday 6th February 2014
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Time |
Event |
Presentation |
| 08:45 – 09:00 | Registration | |
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09:00 – 10:20 |
Presentation of Draft Seed Road Map by CARD Countries (Continued)
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Country delegates |
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10:20 – 10:40 |
Coffee break |
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10:40 – 12:45 |
General Comments/ Discussion/ Wrap up
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CARD Secretariat
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12:45 – 13:00 |
Closing Remarks |
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13:00 |
Lunch |
